This lab introduces the AWS CloudFormation Designer, which provides a visual tool for creating and modifying CloudFormation templates. Prerequisites: This lab assumes that you have an introductory-level knowledge of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and AWS CloudFormation. Students should have taken the Introductory-level labs for each of these Services before taking this lab.
Level
Fundamental
Duration
0 Hours 45 MinutesCourse Objectives
In this course, you will learn how to:
- Create a simple single-instance stack using AWS CloudFormation Designer
- Add and edit Mappings, Resource Parameters, and Outputs
- Validate the stack and save your basic template
- Launch the stack and view the running stack and its Outputs
- Delete and clean up when the stack is no longer required
Intended Audience
This course is intended for:
- Architects
- Developers
- DevOps Engineers
Prerequisites
We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:
- Introductory level knowledge of Amazon EC2 and AWS CloudFormation
Course Outline
- Task 1: Add an Instance Resource
- Task 2: Set Parameters
- Task 3: Add Mappings
- Task 4: Add Outputs
- Task 5: Specify Resource Properties
- Task 6: Create the Stack
- Task 7: View the Running Stack